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FPUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ABKANGEMENT.] 1 ux SEALED BOOK. BY ALICE LIVINGSTONE, Author of "The Silence of Maurice Aj'init&ge,' "A Man's Angel," etc. CHAPTER XX. THE ROOM OF MYSTERY. A sudden sensaton of terror seized coldly upon Grace as the door of tho room closed upon. her. She felt as if she were in tl. prison, and there was something- grim and irrevocable in the sound of the door aa it shut. She took a stop towards it., but stopped, ashamed of tier foolish few. There was surely nothing- to be afraid of. The room was large, and would bo gunny later in the Aay. Tho walls were covered with I ght papor of I pretty chintz pattern. The carpet and drape-rio, were of a soft, green shalfu, restful to tho eyes. The flimiture vvaa good, if rather sparse. There was a wdl-fiiLed book-shelf, and the diess-hig-tablo was supplied with everything which a girl who had loft home in haste without a travelling bag Would be- likely to need. A dressing-gown of grey cashmere had been hung over a, chair by someone thoughtful of the coming- guest's com- fort, and the atmosphere was pleasantly warm. Ncvcithelcss, there was souiel uing curiously un- oornol!ke, even desolate, about the big squaic room- Gracc siood looking round her, not knowing at first to what this effect must be attributed; but presently she realised that it was chiefly in the wndo-ws and the fireplace. The singularly small pa ne3 of the former were apparently get in iron frames, and the fireplace was filled up with -a board covered with paper to match the walls. The Warmth came- from pipes heated with strain. The girl could not imagine herself ever feeling at hemo in this room. The air seemed heavy with sadness, as if those who had lived hero b-o- fore her had suffered so much that tbe, in co-nee of their sorrow still lingered about the place, as the fragance of vanished roses may ding to a vase which is broken. She went to one of the wirrdows and looked cut through the lattice-work of small, square panes. In the distance sho caught a silver gleam of tho sea shin n.g far beyond- the trees of the park in a space between swelling downs, and she Was glad that the room was not en the floor be- low, for there the thick-growing trees would have shut her away from till sight of the water. Listening- for the sound of the eea. sho heard nothing. The deadly stillness of the houeo was oppressive, and she tried to raise the window It Was very heavy, but. an. effort pus-hod ic fup, and, with surprise, the girl saw a sheet of wine-netting foil up also, taking tho place of the gas-b as it toso, and conapletely^filling in the window. Toie seemed a. very strange thing. Grace had no. er seen anything of the kind before, and she- ild not understand its use. The netting, though thick, was not of a fine encugh mch to keep out insects, and, besides, this was not a marshy Country, where midges and mosqurtoes might be expected to abound. could net have been ar- ranged for sneh a purpose, and Grace could only Suppose that the people who lived th ere must have had tho wire-netting fitted on to the Window, to fiav:) with the raising of the sash, with tho View of preventing burglars from getting into (he house. She pulled down the top sash, and it also was followed by tho unrolling of a wire net.! Neither from top nor bottom could the window ?c opened without the ep&ce being instantly filled, with the thick metallic gauze. Grace went to the Other window, and made the same experiments, wlv'ch resulted in the same ?ay. Then she ex- amined the iii?do. shutters of white panted wood, which were laid back against the wall. Urifoldl- ing them, she discovered- that they were lined with thick cushions under quilted' white oIoth. When these shutters were closed, even if the windows Wei o left, open, no noise made in the rooni cdtifd be heard outside, no sound- without could reach the occupant within. The girl shivered in spite of the warmth. The room began to seem a horrible room. She- felt as if she were stifling. She lota get! to. cry oat for her mother. Would the time never pass? Would: her mother never come and vvelco~ivro her to this t strange hou('? A giekt restlessness had tttkenhofd of her. If she had known where her parents were. to be' fo-and she would have run out of the- room, and gono to Marie and Justin Ayimer. But they, as well as she, weic guests here, she reminded her- self. She had no idea in what port of the big' house their room-i were situated, and at this hour, in the morning She could not well %tart out irpon an exploring expedition, brcakii),g in, perhaps, upon the privacy of other people, Strangers to her.  She 'Stre to compose her mind by doing or- dinary, commonplace things, which might mako her feel more at homo in th:s curiously arranged room, She took off tho tam-o' -ehartter which •Gerald Darke bad giver* her, and the wig which' «heehatcd, ,although he had --aid that he-r mother had. sent it. She washed-away: the dust. cf travel ami traces of the accident, brushed her hair, and in ado n.)I"5lf frch Id sweet. Now there was nothmg more th?'s?)c need 'do. She ca.?utat<<t tba! quite an hb?!' Ttmst have paagcd sihc? her arrival. S?in t?6-!? was tbtt flight silence in tb ? L'ott? T!M 'brcalfa?tt wr?ch i had been promised her had not come. Tho re bad been -no,stimmotis from her mother. ,1'nto what ft sound sleep that dear 0Ile must have, fallen, to forgot all anxiety about her child's eom-ng, -when there was so much to say, toe—so much to tell tad to ask T'he girl wandered to the bookshelf and read the names df the vokimes. "Ttefc Was a Bible, Shakespeare, and a Tennyson; nothing el&e which she knew-or cared to icnonv. She tctok down -th?' Bffcle, and, sitting-by the window, an to read Jwftf favourite Phaofcer of "Ft. ,John-the fourteenth. It was the-favourite of her father and mot-he* a-s. A wefl. As she read, it ieenied as if the beautiful, and comforting words drew her nearer. to thoEe sho loved. Suddenly the flecp silence of -the -liofi^e -Wais broken, shattered with a c-ry from a distance— ti Ibag; wailing cty like that'<)? a -woV.rrded night- bird. Grace sprang up and Ifetarftd, her heai%-beikti^f qujokiy. Again the cry came-1—desolate, remote, despair- ing. She could not tell whether oi- 110 it had been uttered by a human "being. But w:*thmg- wac; certain; whatever the creature uught be W'aich uttered it, the cry was a wl of pain or -des^i ir, Sho oould bear the suspense no longer. Pries^- 'i ri* g,hiD- iper -ticart, she ran to the door and turned the terndie. But the door WOrrtd not open. It wars locked on the outside That this -sherald- really Hbe So seemed too had to fee troe. The girt believed she must. be mistaken. The door eoukl not have been deliberately fas- tened. It must have 'stuck. She had only 10 keep her hea,d, and by rwwl hy it would open cr, if she were not strong endugh, L-be could CaM, and isomcoho would come. Again and again she pnRed "strid ptteh-ed, aod even beat on the doer, which remained fast closed. Then, with a trembling voice, -she called— Ilm,ut,her-! -n-jotlic.r i Oh.-do COOKS I want to see you so much! I am shut in h-ere! Mother! please come!" 6 r. A'1 the borior .f tb.2 There WAS ho answer. ATI the honor of the rcom pressed upon tho girl, as if ad spirits CixJwdtd weeping behind her. She'"called to t-h man who had brought her to this houde, Which he said was his— "i\.fr. Darke, help mo! Mr. Dalke;" Silenoo alone rc-plicd-a silence even more ap- palling to her cars than the cry by which alone it for! yet been broken i -The gir's heart failed her. She could not think- calmly. She could not argue- out the possibilities ?' of he* situation, or to' herself what must be do no. Vr iex this scs^nTkig imprisc?mient a b,? j accident, 'whic? would be satisfactorily explained by and by, or had GeraJd Darke deceived and drawn her into a t-r-p" If lie had, what might it not moan for othcfs as well a,3 herself? Sho tried to recall ill had<Said to him in answer toTiis many qhjhs.. Had she re'veakrd toything W, any qlrli", iij?ire ?r father a?hd mother, pio-; v:ded the .strange story of their lives were true? She coiild not be sure, and in doubt la-v misery. In fearing for thefa, aiid thai in-sdvertently fshoi had brought luin upon their hoads, she forgot, for a time her own despefufe poskion. iHer beei 11* lay %io'.v in the tttetjey: t,hoa she had been deceived fromrtlie beginning-; that her father was 3% aofc Roysil Athefton, but had always been Justin tAylmer: t;ht. her mother was not Evelyn Mon-. tault" but Marie Ayimer, the singer. If she tni^lit believe that, nothing would matter much, for l Grace recollected at last that she did not even know the name of tins house. Gerald Darke had spoken oi it as his own place and a refuge for be dear friends. But to her it. was nameless.; nd she began to understand that it was no otdinary. house, that there was something myatervous and terrible about it. If Soh." had be-en imprisoned here deliberately, and for a purpose, God alone could help her now. Sir Campbell Montault and his daughter I)-ad noon on the eve of go ng away to pay a visit at the Duke of Northmiriister's country hduse in Kent, when Evelyn had flown off instead to tee her o:d governess, who wae in and alo>ne. At least, this wa-s what Evelyn's father believed. He had boon vexed at her going, they were duo next day at tho Duke's, and he feaied that' sonie accident- might prevent her from returning in time to start for Northmin&iep Park at the hour arranged tvelyn had insisted, however, and he had yielded t.he point, though none too good a sraoe. Ho thought his daughter was far too g-ood natured to this old woman, to whom she g>ave so many days of the year wti '-h, in his opinion, could bo spent far more profitably. It always seemed, roo, as if when Gerald Dark e was in Eng- lAnd, she contrived to he absent on these charit able visits oftener than at any other time. Far from guessing the true reason of Gerald's rc-sig- j nation as Viceroy ef India, he believed that ill- health, owing to the trying climate had boct) the folo factor which ended that brilliant pMee of l Darke s career, and he did not see why, when Gerald became Lord Wrendlebury—aa he must eeFore many years—he should not have tiH greater political honours. He was clever enough tor anything, Sir Campbell Montault thought, and might easily be Prime Minister, as uncle had been before him. All Gerald needed, his friend told himself, was an incentive to work, and Evelyn could give him that. incentive. The. ma.n's failure to win her kept him Vestlesfi atid dissatisfied, took his nrnd from everything olee; but if she would promise to marry him, and give the relvtrd ii-i4cr"t4al by years of unfailing devotion Gefaid would then turn his attention again to aim. bitious designs for the future. Gerald was aho :<¡kt.Y]; to No-i thminster FVrk. and theiefore Sir Campbell attached importance to the visit. When Evelyn did not come home in the morning of the day on which they were to start, he was vexed, and-would have telegraphed reminding her of the hour appointed for the journey; but, to hie intense annoyance, he had not the address. Once the goveinese, on whom Evelyn lavished so much kindnc-ss, had lived :11 a little house near "Olapham Common., but Evelyn had told him one day not. long -ago that Miss Lavender was going to move* Ho had staid, "Yea must give ml) the addfess of her new pfeco, ¡$ you go so often to spend Saturday to Monday. I might need to send for you in a hurry." Evelyn had agreed, but had changed the subject at thoè moment, or they had bcon ihtermp-ted^ and bonie- how Sir Campbell had never icmembered to ask again. About, noon a letter arrived from Evdyn, written hurriedly, a.nd, either by accident or de- sign, left without a date or address. "Dearest Father," it began, "do forgive m.e, but I can't go to the Duke's. There is illiiess and suffering here. It may he a matter of life1 or death. I cannot possibly leave. I am not myself. I was up all last night, a.nd theie is real truth in tho. excuse that I am too untveil for a visit of pleasure. I am very sorry, for I knfow, this will vex you; but, indeed, it can't bcbellkd, and I will try tiever to disappoint you in siicm a way again. The only thing to do ie to wire the Duchess that we are unavoidably prevented fiicili comin,?, of for you to go without h?. I don't know yet how ?ocli-i I shaH Lo ab'?. to 3?e you, but you need not be anxious. I shall write or wire every day, and you may be sure that I am safe. "Your loving "EVELYN. ■" With an exclamation of anger, Si.' Otanphell, looked at the envelopo. The postmark wxi-s }_<CKQ- don he couid not make out the district. Never in his life, perhaps, had lie baen iiO ten- raged by an act of his daughter's-. This was rank rebellion. She deliberately dieapp<?'ftrod into space, eo to epeak. and, taking advantage powerle^sness toíind her, calmly announced her intention of breaking an important engagement,: and re«iaining away as Ibng as she chote. Ofcee; or twice during the pa6t few months, Evefyii's- acts had aroused vague slTcpieiohs in her father's mind. She had laid the firp, already; now it -bttT6t into flame. Sir Campbell determined to punish his daughicr. If she were deceiving: him, she should repent 'it; and though he was helpless at the rrromerrt, he' deterrnii>ed to lay his hands -upog sorhg weapon which Avould frighten even a woman so coi-ir.Veotia and self-willed as Evelyn. He sent the Duchess of Nc-rhminster a long telegram, explaining that his. daughter had- Fud- denly fallen iifl, and that he could not leiiive her. His conscience oonga somewhat elastic one (for small sins, he did "not hesitate at these prevaricR'" tions and as ahe visit was not to K inade, hie time was ffee for other things. Had Sir Campl>eil Montault sot. been a piold inan, he was in a mood to have-a detecfi-Oo-fiv>rn some private agency to spy upon lEvelyn; but h'3,. could not bring biryself to confide his domestic, grievance's to an out^der. Ho looked up the last Address of Miss Lavendei*, tU retired governed 1 whom Evelyn'favoured *wiA eo much attention,' and,-when he foancl it, he -drove at oace to .C}a.p_1 ham Common m his electric brougham, had been restored to working1 Harder since the 'acri- dent of which lie had written to Gerald Darke. It was true that Laye-rtder had moved iàwa, from, her old home; but, fortunately for Sir Campbell, the pcopte who had taken her %oase, were able to tell hirrt where she had gone. They 'were 'g+c:if: nht)re«ed With the 'Stiistocvatic -ap- old imSfi who called in his grand electric Carriage, and were delighted to3 'oblige him. As i1.ma.tta- of fact, Misi, Lavefider. in asking her tenants to forward tetters, had re- marked ihcidcT>ef$}y that she would ."prefer they did not tdl strangers where.c-he had gone, le#<ehe; Vhoukl be trou?'?d with un('?sn'ab!e caHers; b?t the simple people were eo sare that a call from- Sir Campbell Montault would be a great honour, ■ even for a lacly like Mies, Lavender, that they made no difficulty about giving the addre-p. Sfho was living now at Stoke Mersdon, they1 !gib::y informed Sir Campbell, 'and wrote for Jrim the street and number. Delighted with 'sueoesA, he c'tftered his chauffeur to drive on at' once to the village they had named. The electric! brougham went quickly, and ha'rf an kotfrisffcer he", had stopped ^before :a pretty "tittle semi-detached cottage in a quiet, elm-shaded street cf Stoke, M4Jbdbn. ste ,• p-?d oi-it and op?ere a il it,, ga t 4, a As he stepped out and opened the gate, a. woman, dreseed 'for walking, appeared at the door. It was lone: since ho had-Been the governess whb had been a mother to Evelyn during all the yeate'of childhood and girlhood -betweenlee^'en ond, seventeen. Miss LaTenderhad visited her ex-, pupil from time to time, but for some years now sho had been delicate, and had not come to the house in Berkeley Square. Nevertheless, Sir Campbell a. once recognised the slender, some- what b- figure, dressed in 'black ae that of the governess, and a flash of anger irgwmt Evelyn, leapt to hu iarge black eyfe«. She -had 'f'.a!d that her refnatning tlvio from life or -dett^i," yet l>ere was Mks lurvender in ,ged-I eriuioh I"rllaltli to bo out 'walking. treeognhed him at the miomeij-fc. and came towards him, holding out her hand: Haiti onj "her pleasant-, -delicate faee he -#a-w- (or .he-! saw) ALWQM r?. well as surprise. She ^t-are.r Flt,- gTeeted -hnl1 -and flushed to rocU of her soft grey hair Rf she answered ;><i I questions concerning the estate of her health. i I am glad to and you-so'-well," sdid -Sir'Camp- j bell, adding diplomatically, I was driving thi-s way, and thought I would stop to inquire. When eliti -voii -batze my daughter with you iast?" 'I '? falte'rttl -t "ltlt some time ROW," falterefl Laven- der. Dear Evelyn is so good to givo nie any- thing of her society. I know how much khc is in demand. Would you come in, Sir Campbell, and letme-offer "ypu a cup-of tea?" a Sir Campbell thanked lwr, but refused. He could not, stay, he said,-and had only called on hie way to keep an engagement elsewhere. •' He bade Miss Lavender good-bye with feigned 1 cordiality, l^arvmg her evidently -fluttered. Had he guessed to she was goisg when lie 4net énù 'stopped hQr at L%c door, h0 4niig',It not been in -uoh hmfe to get away; 'but he had .felt that he t?u?t be ?Sbne, err he would 1<Me?a!I''i6C?- that he 'tiU'Et ?bo Zoiio, ? or be wotil-i must regret- t J He had lia:il an pt Miss Lavender, and forcing the peer woman in ^eer Wll bi1n '.w"'Mrt manner had a»sui"od him dlat she was in the secret- of Evelyn'^ 'Thereabouts. But, despite Lis testy temper, hiy obetimcy, and somewhat itn- ecrupuious ain-b.:t?OR3, Sir Cainplx'll Moj.-taalc \vas a gentleman to chs finger-tip> and he could hot torture a woman even to Sv-rve hie. own Ge-riald Dafke v/oilld have done it ofihesitatingly, but Evelyn's father could nut; and irckncw tliat voluntarily, she were brutally builleit into speaking, the pobr, frail old lady would not -betiiay hi« daughter's confidence. He had discovered half the secret for himsoit— that when Evelyn :d>eappeared slie did not always go to the house of her ex-governess. There a. mystery in her life, as he had sometimes sus- pected. To suspect the daughter of whom he was eo proud had been bad enough, but to know for a certainty that .-be was leading a do'ub!<> life was agony. In an hour, the haughty, hand-ome old man had grown year.5 older. Shut up :In hh e!œtn'c brougham, he Id his h?ad sjn? on b?a breast; and he thought of dH' years that were past, of the 'ovc he had iav?.h?d upon ins oeaut tiu r.velyn, of his hopes for her future, a sob v;a3 wrung from him bv an^uiih. What ww thia secret- of hers? Tiro other half—the darker half—clouded in mystery, he must wait ,io know but sooner or later she would come back, and then with her own lip^ .she would tell him ill, or ho wotild never lbok upon her face neeii/1. Wlieh he arrived home he was so pale that the footman who opened the door noticed the- eh an ye. and was startled. Mr. Darke has been waiting for you, "ir," he said, for half 3n hour. Shall I tell him that— Teil him noLong," broke in Sir Campbell. "I will see him. Where is he?" ™ "In the study, er. Gerald roso up to greet, the old man as he entered, and he, too, "vvas struck with the strained expression of the face and it* pallor. Is anything wrong?" he asked, with genuine concern for it was to the woman he loved that his thoughts fkw. Evelyn The oiixiorg que,ion, and tiie eager look tin Gerald's dark eyes too much for Sir Camp- bell's failing Gtrength. From Gerald, beyond fell o.' hens, ho w<?'d hide h'.? daug!tter's strange ) secret, while it. C0uld' lti,likn; but he WM jio longer mafte.r cf h'ra?if. He could- not answer. He turned away hi.i head, b?t ?emh! caw 4he q'uvenng of his features. Instantly he H¡tmi,R>(1 that Sir Campbc? h?.d di?ov?red ?Met!)!? of the truth—?rhapa a very iitt'e. yer something. I Now was the moraent for him to seize. Later, tiie old man be strong again; now. weak- ened by emotion, his broken spirit. wa« an instru- ment to be played upon by skilful ifngers. ForgiN-o trio," Gerald -exclaimed. if i can't .lpguing '-hg? has mlMl'vdYOH! You ha\e J fou?l out the thing that I have imowH for a Iotig "Jj time. t i nM. Sir Campbell started. i "Great heavens, Gerald:" he ejaculated, ''what] do you mean?*' I I mean tihr.t for years Evelyn has been in- volved in a love affair which she has concealed' from you, knowing that you would never give your consent to m?-riage with the man. While you have behoved her vieit'ng an invalid gov- erness, ahe has been with him and his people,, whoever they my be." You have l^eorcl thw stor,-v;,? I know it to be true. Yet { }<?? !?: and I would give ?y right hand to hav? her for my ,I wife." give *iy ;g?it hand t4o ier "c,.r n)y,? ''WLoiabht:ti-&n?" I I You have no 61:Ep, "None. I only feared there was a secret in her life. Oh, Ge-rel.d, if I could but have given her to you! If yoa wixll help iae, Sir Cawipbell, she shall be' mine yet." j "I would heip yon, if I eovtM, even tL) kiii ihe man who hfts -vobifed me of my tltltg-li ter. I would fight him as they still %ht on the other side of the Channel if he ivcal(I4 .,antl if I could come face to face with him. But th-il I promi-M you. S'r Campb-!). if ycu mill ?t.and:hv) rne, whatever happr?s—ff you ?-;? ,? ??\. author'ty with rv"lyn to iWcom'e m, w'ife—force :hT t<) h's, A ,I, if no other w?v—1. 'witt?ce to it ihate'ie is ?ree to m 1'1 rn', 'f 1: 1 Next, StttKby your bann.s shall be f-'M? in church marry yøulJ 1 Gerald smiled fe -v-eiled She shall t}>?.vry "me he eolioed. the two fr-e-t grg-x>d hamk (To bo continued.). {
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I Bf.00t>LEf5S GIRLS. i j BILE B>1.>.VS CLl^'E A. ISU-GP-GhRL. ? J AiMBiaia among the fair %ex is y the meroase. Ttiè "streets -of -oiir busy ow t s s a re th-roaged with giris tvhofcc pale chediji aiu iiffort- ,ting-c,t-I with a rtckly or -iffstead i of with and frhfKo breath M HA short as their- nerves are weak and un-.struug,- Chas. For(k 's Bile Beans are the ideal remedy for tins :-dis«eksc ?d a)! i46 f.b?rmBr symptoinis. Ansemia m<?;)s ^>verty of t b1(x;d. To improve the q.u:?v?f "fh? b-c<?, the .T:o-)ich, ??Ycr itnd bowc!?. v.t)?(? th6 Mood deri—3 !'„ n?))-M,n,cnt, must )? !<epT: in.. t?f?ct oe<nd.?cn. Thct?oO is Ifie c?anhe.! ?r?g'h -?h:<? the f6bd w eat r?th? all parts • cfthc boc!y, I'.?pa,?!-?? aifd T<'r!?w!;i,? wor?-out 'bswe, If the M&od ?s .shu?cd t)?: 'bottv ? 'stanN} •a'fto; aod then hetirt disease, and consumption too often restflt. Bile Beans cleanse=and inyigorsatie the digestive organs, and fill the blood with millions -of rich red' corpuscles, cai-rying the rv>ddy hue of vigorous health to palid faee3 and lairguid ii-nibs. Miss Fanny Hodges, of 32, 'Stanley-street, Soiith,, BedjyMj} £ >ter, nli-.104, sny S'ornc.timc agó I' begaTi to suffer sfrom bitiOofismvs and nhfprrna,. I am engaged in wtaWfsHmeiit, and -the confinement iodsors, #ogcihe-r with the holirs worked, dida't tend to improve my condition. I lost my appetite coft»pktely, and when I did *i ak^ food it seemed to make me feel sick and- uncom- fort-aJ5e.. My lips end g-nms-became qitite ptde.: I* •was very amende, and at .ir.)-. iotervals had stacks biliousnefii. I went t?; \v-i!li n)v \voi-? "0 Ion"- as I co?a, but in <a < n 'b<?mi<.?mpj<?)y ?m -dtfwn. I ScttctaT and tTid '<on"? and mfd)t3n? of v3r<y.n kind- b,? co,dd ,).,? ,??!  A;t '?c? my ?rc'n?th. At las: 5 tried Bilo Beans, ?nd the result WM that 1 vva* rrveo-ed conmlete' health. 1 xm n?w -bctt<-? than I ?n ?'.f-r ¡J'{'" m'bcr bems.?nd I owe .my cure 'Nrh..é1v to Bile 'Bean?." ?ch -ccn-van&?g tcc?mony as th! 'spi-? -po-ntiTo that Btic Bcat7s n.-c mvnh?b'c Xor? anEBmia, bii!cu.;ne?3. deM!ty, and orh?'r d??cs of the digestive 2id a.?imi'ativc or?n)). The. "moral Of rhM i?'s'i!mony i?: Don't wait ?.?f?i aH other itieanfe have folpd. bht irv Bif<- ?<?iMo-div. fend me -that yon gtt- the gerhtirte Clia^. :Fonie'.I Bile Beans for ^iROHvne^, roJr1 only in <eale(l •b&Xe«, at all che?nijta,
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] mR ROBERT CUNLIFFE'S WILL-On Wariingtdn, in the. Chitiicerj' Division, the mHfcter of in re CiTiiliff&'s e.,Itmte, "Leigh 'v. CtLlhffe, was heard. 'Thfe-^as ;ft: summons raisic^ a short question of construction srifiing on tihe Wilh-of Sir Robert Alfred -GnnlifTe, Bart, of Actcm "PaVl:, "Wrex ham, as to wTjptherion the tfne ertHatrnctibn of the will bequeathed to oeTtSin children of tiie t.estator on^Ufc'- each to beT-ednced by fl.-fiOO,lieing the amotint to which each of N,,erE the I In the result, his Ldrd-, j ma,He w the question in' the amrmative. THE TmrE: OF Cf iTE .S TE R.—' S to )• i; < s' Special Sale of Ladies' Tw?d Coats, 8s. 6d. eafch 1)on t mus ?hn cipportunit? o'f s?cm-i?g- a gbod I coat for m.?c i'nb7*?y.—St8T!<=. Foree'atc-?tr?c't, (?)€F.t<'r. FOOTBALL.—?Jnny a ?o.?) I?r?i?ed !y reason of f&'Ttty?Bori?. Sewi?f?T?i.6Brc f.?].?ss. T?y. a pair, and raieo your &verage —I:IEWlTT,?Abbey ¡ Gateway. j VAI,UAB??T3IgCOTERY FOR TEE BAIR.: If "lir hair is ii-trciog use the ??EXIC'A?! n?? HE??KR, ?01' ?t Wt}]' ?csitiv?y ltaIQ, .ii;?eyety grey or white hftir to its onglcal cc?::r. It ma?es ?ht- hah' charmin?y beautiful, as vrell as promoting tho growth. Price1 3s, Bd. per botf a. TO 310TZIEES, — Mrs, Wihslow's Søothing Syrup ha-e been nssd oyer fifty years by miliums] Ibf moQiers f«rs tiiik ichifefen teething, with-i 0-41 \Ji¡.will .í-elie. the-poor enfferer ¡ immediately. Ib is pleasant to taste; it produces nathi qttéf) sleep, by relieving the chilh:fgamli -ain, and the bLUa cherub wakes up as -bviphtij ..aA'} ¿trr--f.1!8ia. 'h. le
I [Au, j FASHION AND THINGS…
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[Au, FASHION AND THINGS FEMININE. By MISS IDA MELLER. j I HOW TO USE REMNANTS. J here at^ so many uses to which ribbons n-av be put that those who go to the fa.g-,ciid of i-he Januaiy sales with no very decided op'nion as-.to what they sri about to buy, but with a vag*ue ■ notion of picking tip a few bargains of one sort or another, may be counselled to turn the r serious attention 10 oddments of ribbon, C-ll at sale time Xtui be bought at little expensi1, a r, useful for millinery, hair-bows, sashes, co'rselet-bdts, cravats and other things, including j frills for pett'-coats. Short lengths of chew ulk a.re also useful purchase's, making up into eo-s'lets, blouses, or petticoats, according to thtv 1-ngth of the remnant, which, if insufficient for a. complete under-skirt, might possibly serve for -i de i: it I the top only,,a detachable floiuice of mushn iiind lace being nddcd. A blouse-length of silk; is 1 never ami, and a p-etty design that might copied in making- up a sale-purchase of chfne or plain taffetas silk is here describe d. The I original blouse 15 in floral chine, the ground geey-; white and the pattern in "old" pink, with dirll grc?n introdue.? as Indistinct, leaves. The n?ek of the bJou() i? cut low, and the little turn-over collar is of p nk wh-"t fnUed Avith VaIencIcnB?s )ace, the but' n- t:'t adorn the Cfnrrc b?x- pleat al?o being of velvet and the vest of laic:?? while tho sJeeves arc turned back with velvet c-ufi's m?tchiLi? the rotar: AN EMPIRE COSTUME. There is a vogue in Empire coats ana c;>s- j tumes. Empire millinery and Empire aclotil ments for the hair, such as the gauze or Act i deapery, that b:nds up the head ac the bafck, • 1 d. 1 h ) and the para d ise plume that waves over the front; coiffure. More -than anything else, howevbr, ) it is the Empire coat that prevails, and this, be it remembered, Is a fashion that is worn with a dff'roneo. Highly becoming to those who-! wear it wet!, the Empire coat degenerates into a reo-t unbecoming- garment when iJ1-cnt, and wqm j in a slovenly manne-r. It is, however, in most. I modern -instances, cut on moderate lines that can be worn successfully by the modern figure, -and is distingu:-hed by simplicity of outline aind tvimm'ng, hapj>ily avoidiu-g anything- exag-: .gerated in its form cr decoration. On in.iny.i cotfis 'the CXO'es vely ehort W«ist cf the Empire j period is modifrxl by sloping the waist to a. point- in front, t,b point reaching to thepos;Úon of, the frctit, r-?a,(-Ii,?i,g t<) tlie of th ev,?ryday mo<ki'n wa??, &o that the eye is' occustomed by easy SLagCS, as »t WOH', To t.h? Empire type of figut^. The most- becoming <o-.vts ai-e those without gathers at the waist, the skirts being united to he bodices without a..pleat to render them true to size. A simple Emp re eost-urne is of ol:ve-g~een cloth,, with a long eoat- falling over a perfectly plain under-skirt. The short bod-ice of the; eoat, is arranged in pleats .from the shoulders t-ö the waist, and in front is a gilot. of antique om. bro dered silk—a white ground worked with; faded pink; and grns, Any pretty piece of broradc could be substituted for the embroidered silk. At tho •"throat is a Napo-leaii collar of-j black velvet, and sf the waist is a broad, stitched i band of cloth, the ends of which arc turned back, cut round at the corners,, and studded with i velvet buttons. The sleeves termiin-ate in tllmd.baek oufls of .blad, wlyet,and both these and the collar are tr mmed with silver braid. In or prune cloth tho costume would be equally smart and useful. Prune, by the wfty, is a much-worn colour this season, and rings the changes with brown and navy-Mue as a dark, ns-'ful Qolo.ur for tailor-made coat-and-skirt .cos- tumes. or for long wrap-coats of face-cloth for day or evening wear. A SIMPLE SLIp. BLOUSE. There is an old saying "One cannot have too much-of a, good thing," and certainly of blouses it may almost be said one cannot have too many, e-pc. ally in relation to the soft slip-blouses of white washing s.Ik and lace, or of nun's veiling i and law, their beauty depending upon thce-r j freshness; hence a good supply is advisable, for! white blouses sod readily and should bo worn only in a -spotless condition. Fortunately white.; Japanese eilk, which Is largely dedicated to tlV3 service of the slip-blouse, washes as well as caohmerfe Of other woolleji materials, and after bt, i r,irofrecl ig-,iii) t,bc beaur-ifu'J gloss Vhat marks it-s p;-ist:ne freshness. Scft wash-fog Siiten a,t)d crfcjje do dhinfe c 'rlbyl.es relied on c,i boredf of the slip-blouse o'f the preseii-fc day. Very pretty are the trk»'a*o$of white tntri's veiling or cafes-? wcr?, inlet with motifs of oeffee-ooloifred gitfl- 1 puTC, t.he TftixtniJ^e 'of white, -Or eie-asi. aiid fiqh* brown bc'Tig a pretty change ftotn -the w-n:i.> -b\t5ê trimmed with s lf^colourcd laee. The Lib,; effect opciirs en a large number of '!M;w blonse-9, the bib being now short., now long, aiid iiilet lio, fronts are -popular.- A blouse I liave seen is ot Ta-a de Nil crepe da ehi'eci with a deep fronVe! pre e of <eeru T?et trimmed- with band's cf ;CTqplllt d. chine and waved braid, two little lae^'cdged frills of net. falling over the shoulders and a. littlo, frill of tacc edging the front-piece, to which the crepe is gathered. The &Icc?pg are drawn a'oj narrow binds of b;'aid!-t?'mmcd net at the j wrists and conclude ni soft fi-ill The design would lend itself well to imitation in crcatm? coL'urcd wa.shjg silk, with a front of coS'ec iacc insertion. A SUBSITUTE FOR, CHILDREN'S STAYS. Obviously, the clothes of •>.h'tdren should be ¡ -feisy-fitting and free from un eo-m for table-pros-j a lywhere, more t-,t, the w-aist. The oft, boneless fctaye or coutili-e bodices 'v<n°m. 'by little "girls and fastening with buttons up the front gnc w"t t! necessary support for the-, knickers and pett coats without -hampering the 1 figure m any WaY bift i more original garment- •1ms 'bt?en devised that Tftk's the place of the ordinary i#a.vs in a ftursery T wot of, Rnd is so •excellent v» every -way that. .1 gladly pass 'on th? iTt?orm.?'?n fer the b."n?!: cf t!')<)sc w?tn it may concern. The garment in question 'cüJ1-: sl-?-<? a belt, braces ?':d hip?occof ftannct, aU joinri'd together. The belt is merely a bithcl of fhihtieH, about four -br ^owr and a hrsif inel-.es deep, and ta th'" is sewn, in the centrc- | fio t, a pair of fi.mne'! bitices, some two and a 'huH or three .;>Belies deep, the front ends cross- if.g one -another (and they are stitched to the belt in this ^Ksirca). A -broad band of tlan- tInt eight inches -deep, -is iPwn to the -lower edge of -the belt end with d-nis over the hs, and the ga-Yineut is than-fasi.^oed at .back w-th buttons *ni -bttttou'lvoles, the braces cross- ing th2 -shoulders and buttoning oat to the belt. .Tile are -fiiiislied with iilk -f(,a t;, t,, r t' -iiid eitlier double lfannel is esed or a lin '^P of sateen. OB re must be taken in cutting out the hip-piece that spring enough is allowed for the band -to -fasten easily at the I bc-k, The garment is a most protective otoe, '&nd rtivaliutble to delicate children during the leather. The b0Ttcctil:dh 0fl]n:rg"d to five i ih width; and the hip-ptece, for girl# over' twehi', also be extended, but the -tfbove- proportions are adequate for a (th-ild of t(mor eH'ven of average build. GOOD LOOKS I Nothing ages the appearance of a woman mbro than l iies en the face, and to avert these is ihe aim of all who d'sire 'to -took young, and retain their goad looks. To keep the check#: round—iand the roit-'d chcek suggests youth- there' ts nothing like gentle '• massage. the palms of the hands on the cheeks, a'.nd then; move the lingers h) allonhard direction aiiel, circle them loittrd the cheats over and over? tvgarn. Couple tl*? ma* £ ags wi:l\h good toilet-, cr<'ani—^sneh ft- oatmoal •cream or lanolinc-and the trciin-tcijt will b- 'of double yahjo. After -passing over -tile -cheeks, -let the -finge>e travel i Up to the eyes aind yub :gourly 'ben.eaththcm.¡ the tips cif the fingers Smeared with cream, and the fereaimont should aho be pursued up to the -brow, where furrows are 'a.pt to deep im- -pressions. The -face should afterwards be wiped j with a soft towel, and .bathed with warra water. i NURSERY NOTES. Gocd, pure milk is flic -bft-t of food for child-, ren, for it contains both fat and are most neoessary to1* thr? -healthy d-evelop- •me'it of chiklhocd. "Fat is Wiantecl," says an eminent doctor, "for. every tissue formed, and j -'forming, 'especially for brain and .tierye íxns;' .alld for t-he marrow cells. In children who fed upon a deficient aniOunt of fa.t, the -bcrny structures ,are .imperf !et aDd S'OIV of- growth in award, deficiency di fat in the food .is one if; the clilcf ftelo-e; in iio product ion of 'Cows' "milk for infants' use gen--rally needs: to-be -diluted with w;rter, or, order 'to' 'ni^tk'e rt more a '■"fttfer ttfl,' pftfe-efeam, (not-^Wte^^fSrtHn -Mid ^ti■WteeHe&.t. [ CURRIED RICE. 1 1- CURRIED RICE. -I A cheap -and appetising di-sn lor luncheon ;x curried rice—an excellent sebsr tute for a nirSat curry. To make it, wash thoroughly well about lib. of Carolina rice and parboil it; mix a dessert-spoonful of curry paste w-th three- quarters of a pint of good, brown gravy {using only u little of the gravy at first, and gradually wdd'iig more), and boil them together, then add the rice and let the curry simmer at the side of the ifr-1 until the rioo is quite cooked. Pile it, in n ,-lio:1 when leady, and serve it very hot., the gravy' of the curry smothering tho rice. Th,) juice of half a. lanron sqtieezed into the' gravy i" considered by some an improvemefrt, while others.prefer the addition of a eprink.lihg of celery salt.
i -ATHLETIC NEWS.
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i ATHLETIC NEWS. FOOTBALL NOTES. RESirLTS. CHESHIRE SENIOR CUP. 1 CHESHIRE AMATEUR CUP. H->i!e 6, Hoi shy 4 ■ WELSH AMATEUR CUP. Buckley 5, Oak A!vn RoY?s 2 i Flint 2, Colwyn B¡;y 2  Fai-ling to win at home Congleion came to i Chp?er on Saturday in the th?'d round of ihf?l? Cheshire Senior Cup. A)though the attendance at W hipeord-lane was not as large as it might have been at any other .?rgcasit mig* ht, have been at any other t i n)' it. was g'ood Inview-of the election. Owing to the recent heavy rahs the ground resembled a swamp, and th?s, cdm- i,lic, gi,ol1iid res,nibled a siN-anip, and tli.:s, c,6iii- bliied Nviih the win,,], nia e,,o t. i i?, a very In the first half the visitors played with the wind, but. th.) Cestrians weie most often on the: attack. Their movements were greatly ham- pered by the weather and the ground, and It was obvious that under better conditions the city would have been emy winners. The players on both sides were able to get in few dangerous shots, Lipsram and J. Jones each tested Bratby severely. Matthews, who does Inlot seem to have quite got over the injury to his leg, did not shoot With his usual strength or accuracy. There was: no score at half-time. .1 The second half was one long bombsrdmcrft of the CWglefOn goal, but r peated hard luck and the iiitgn ficent display of Bratby robbed the c-.ty of victory. Lipsham shot two off-side goals. Time after time the home forward-s beat the backs, but the goalkeeper always managed to get 1 way. Dam' Fortune was most tantalis- ing. The whole city team. worked hard alnd i ought to have won by several goals. As it was there was no score. The Heisby seniorSi again performed at home on Saturday, hanng as :nsltols'HooJo Rovers in ol-i li?ivin,- a,s RoNa rs )n ground was in a heavy state, and the home team started against t1w sun and wind. The opehisng exchanges were cb.n&ned to midfield, but the ho?]? j team were th? nnt to become dangerous, Fn!>m! a nice run- and ccntl'c.'by Riding, Hughes scoped j for the home side. Hough then cleared a lojeg j shot, but soon the v-iiters got tlirough, and Wal- I tens equalised from a- centre by Gillam. Hp&ie i twice put out, and Hough cleared smartly, but I he was again beaten by PoweJl soon afterwards, Popo Adding a third in thone-xt few minutes. The visitors were playing in determined fashion, 1 and the homer bttek.s had all their work cut out to stop their increasing-their lead, while the lib me forw?a'ds were p!ayu? only a, half-hcartro -sbrtj of ?amc. From another determined rush by the i visitors Wa?rs scored a. fourth goal for Hoale. Direc'?y Rid:ng registered a second for H&lsby. from a corner with a. grand oblique shot. Hhb- bert &a\e<) finely from HughcA, Griffiths and Tr\il,t. H _alf-til.!10 was soon afterwards 'ea11d j1 with Hoo!e leading by four goals to two. 1 With the wind: and sun. in their favour, it .Was quite expected ILJsfey would i-virl, tll,- -cn their opponents, but -such was not. the C"L-,C, Heisby were the first, to attack, but the visitors,-j breaking away after Hough had cleared, one, of tdlehom-e defenders put. the ball into his own goal; in atkMi+ptiivg' to clear. Hobby ictahated, but, first Riditijg and' then Cooke put- out. Heisby »wwrhiek was agaiii.st thom, I ibnd' tbø, vti,s.i{Q.1"3 pred. tl.œ¥ A" Ing further -coring. Frtitihvally, however, Grjifftths beat eevecal -defenders in fine style and scored a fourth g-oal for Heisby, but- r •tiio. -vi&ito-rs increased tlx,-ir lead agafo diwetly afterwards fvom t*. penally awarded agftiast one of tha home backs. Heisby c^ontimued to have the best of masters totlie finish, brit try as they would t)-r--v could not again besat Hsbbcrt and his cö- de%ridors. and they had to reti-fo beaten by six goa's to four. The visitors deserved to wia on t<b,d'.tY's play, as tk&y played a typical Cup tio- gia-wie. while the Ivome team's'display, with offie. or two. exeepfeions, was much below their usual: fortn. I FIXTURES. 1 WIRRAL LEAGUE. 1 AYirr-alTlttihway v, -Salfcney C.W. I CHESTER & DISTRICT LEAGUE. Oc>nnah s \>uay v. tlelsby Keserve HooTo v. Little Sutttin St. WetVw^i's w. Chester Albton ? G?W< Loems v. K?eyn-rds Wot? ? ? .? I j •" •Sealand Albion v. laee 1 Trinity United v. Moid JUDCtiOn I COMBINATION. I r 3&ESU1TS 0P TO ,-Goals, 'j r- G P. W. L. D. F. A. Fte. II <%mtor..15 .to 2 3 ,50 .10 ,23. ^Yliiteliurch lf, .Io 3 3 .32 17 .23 Nantwieb. ,18 .H 7 0 .35 .37 .22 Druids .18 U. « 3 .32 .28 .21 Crewe AlexandralS 8 7 3 ..35 .25 1,9 Tranmere,„15 8 4 3 ;26 .21 .19 Port Stailight 16 7 6 3 ,3 .27 .17 Oswestry ,s.„W5 7 8 1 „33 .25 .15 ( ] 1 ¡' 1° 2') 1 G)a-;? .?.? 6 ? 3 .M 22 15 Brougiiton 13 ? 5 .„ 2 ..25 .24 .M Birke.nhead.2 4 .5 — 3 .13.. 21 .11 Rliyt ..14 4 '8 2 33 37 .10 Cl,i'rk 14 3 .y.?4 .22 .36 .10 Bangor 15 2 1^0 3- 15 .48 7 W:g?n Town .15 1 .12 2 ..20 .63 4
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QOLP. i CHESTER CLUB. The last of,,the winter nior>tl>Iy cOmpetitioHS was played on Saiturday in a strong soutli-ivestdrly • wind. Messrs. C. H. BusiieU ,.lind Stanley Owen returned the best cards, tiemg '81 nett vach and will play off for --t in the final. Mr. 'Be.shell took the first sweep, Mr. A. A. Herd the second With 83 nett, and Messrs. F. O. Evans andR Kellock divided the third with -86 nett each. Scores:- Bitshdl. 91 10 181 Stanley Owen.93 12 Si A. A. Reid S5 2.83 F. O. Evans 90 "R. KeTlock :D9 13 86 H. G. Fcilden 107 18 .8 « J. P. Gamon un 9 90 W. A. V. Chntton 100 11 92 HESWALL CLUB. I The fourth Winter -Optional was >played at Hes^n.11 on Siiturday m a soutli-west)erly wind.- The'grotttid \vtis l-ather sdffc Owing to 'the previous rainfall. A fair-nunrber of players took part, fond W. M. Edmunds was -first with 7G 'nett. The following cards were-returned W. M. Edmunds 88 12 .76 L.W. Trouglitou 84. 79 .C. *F. Anderson 93 11 82 •« F. G. Gil-Hag 8 86 ii -E. T-wigge 100 -14. 86 » S. G. Daviss 102 15 87 T. Rt*e% 108 15 88$ M. B. Richardson. 104 15 89 Newsom. 103 11 92 ii. i ■
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Richard Jones apd Co's Groat Annual Sale i To-day (Saturdaj-). Yisit early. The Drapery: and 'Furnishing Departments. 'Great Biitgaihs. "IiLANKETS.—A good pair of i'Sc-'e Stark!s Sale.— Foregatc.-street, Chester., i I FOOTBAL1.J.May a .goal .is fnigsed by reason^ uf faulty J3oots. iTryj ;,a pair, and mwejrpur avertige.-H.EWlTT, jiMwy j| j Gateway. j
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CHESTER. WHIST LEAGUE. CHESTER FIRE BRIGADE v. CAMPBELL MEMORIAL II ALL. —Played at the Fire Station. Score :— FtHS BRIGADE. CAMPBELL. J. Harri.on I 12 J. K. A!b!as. Y? E. Williams I J. Weeks J S. Jones | L. Hope )qi j| T, Dentith J E.Junes ;? W. Lightfoot IW. F. Cooper }17 W. Sumner I W. Mercer j E. Jono,.A |A. Clarke 0 js W. BeI! J R. Evans 0 J. Rastxjttom 1 .14 W. 'ittton J J J. Shone H. Dentith 1 6 A. Ehsøll .J < Dukè8 .J A. Kteon J C. Dukes J 109 79 Majority for Fire Brigade, 30. I
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ii TURAT, -1 HISTOITY NOTES. I WADERS ON THE MARSHES. From time to time we i»e-e a few knots with the wlier wading birds en the Dee Marshes, but it is not often that these birds visit us in eudh large numbens as they do on eastern seaboards. Just at present, however, or at any rate & few days ago, knots were in the river in huge numbers; one t!<>ek—a clenvse grey ma.ss moving steadily across the sands—contained at least two thousand birds, end a little further away another party was fully half this size, while a hundred here and a bundrc i there were hardly worth considering. The kuot is larger than many of the waders which frequent our sandbanks and mudflats and it always looks abort-legged, plump and comfortable, W,hcn feeding- knot.s keep closely together, moving steadily in a mass head to wind, and when, ae fre- quently happens, the birds rise en masse, they ICIFICP the same formation oil the wing, swinging hither and thither, rising upwards or swooping downwards like starling* whioii are preparing to go to roost. Inland the knot its seldom met with, but one this year has wandered to one of our hieres, where it fell to the gun of a gamekeeper who was shooting snipe. Perhaps it could not. end suitable food on the borders of an inland lake, or perhaps it was a sickly bird and had been driven away from its fellows by the wind and lovst; it wa<s in very poor condition when I eaw it, very different indeed from the fat Dee birds, t In addition to the knots there are large numbers of dunlins, birds which are usually abundant in the Dee, and on the Hoylake shore there are a fair number of sanderlings. Oy.stercatdiere, too, are congregated in more than their ordinary num- bers, but no doubt the strong winds which were blowing have driven them in from the more ex- poi-ed banks in Liverpool Bay; indeed, at le close of the year and during the first few days of January birds must have found the Bay banks very unsatisfactory places; it is no wonder that they sought the comparative quiet of the estuary Bands. I have just been examining four of tdio, Deo dunlins and was very much struck by the difference between the birds-two of them were distinctly of the ordinary long-billed form, a third had a shorter bill, but hardly below the average, but the fourth was quite a little bird. j It was fully an inch shorter than the largest of the four, though its wingB and tarsus mesurements j were not below the average, but. the bill of one bird-cnot tlie 'largest—was an inch and a half in length and that- of this small bird was barely an inch. The dunlin has been the subject of much dispute, -and this small-billed form has been named by some authors Schinz?s dunlin, but others con- s!der that it 16 not s?cisca?y distinct. At any rate both long and slwjrt-billed birds are found feeding together; these four birds were/all killed by one s hot. RARE CHESHIRE BIRDS. I There is an eider duck in tne Groovenor Mufioum which was killed on tire Baton estate, but until now that was the only bird which appears to have been noticed in Cheshire. On tho last day of the year, liowever. a duck eider was swimming close to the Lea so we embankment, sheltering in the calm water "from the force of the south-east gale. It dived many tinic«, and though watched at close "quarters was not v?ry ?y,: at iae.? however, after flying ?.loilg-t34,e once vr twice, it di.@.11 appeared. Eide.r.i, though common .? in hû nod.heTB Scotch watf? and on the east t3t of England, do not often wander to our Cheshire and Welsh shores. This is not the only ram: bird which has recently appeaavd: Mr. Lewis Jorses, Qi Hiibre. watched 'tdie otikor.day aj^.oven more micoamton visitor—a sltore lark, whxJi was "feed^■! iiig on the edge of the tide mark below the Wand. i It was eitiier a female, or a young bird, for it; did not shew the erectile tufts -above and behind -the eyes, but, from the v ketch and description of the bird, whictlr Mr. Jones made before he 00i1- eulted any book, irtere is no doubt whatever about i his identificaticm of the species. This is the first shore-lark I hate heard of on our shores, tJiough tJle bird has and killed on the Lanca- sl-iire COtKRt. GE^SE AND DUCKS. law wild grey geese are still in the estuary in some mrrrilxMV.. but all that I have heard of, when they have been i/lentiSed, have been pink-footeds. It is no easy matter to get neair enough to these wary birds to be sure about their species, but now and then we get a chance. As a rule our visions, of the geese are •fleeting OMs; wo see a distinct, nxtss rise from the iltit) and wiqg seawards, often f??owcd by a futifu ?hot from oome gunner who has, thp&ngh mud and Water, craw!ed towards ?tM;m. V"Y few of these ?-ec?c g?t shot. Al brent goos&, &n unnsu?! Dsttof to the estuary, was killed last month brente and bernaelee are few and far between nowadays. Inland we are only beginning to -see the usual large congregations of winter ducks. Why, when winter birds- bramblings, fieldfares and 80 abundant, ducks should be oo searoo is hard to understand. At last, however, the diving ducks are ooflccting in tliick masses ciit4a inland waters, and mallards swim in dozens, scores and hundreds on chosen pools. On Oakmere, where large num- bers of mallards are annually reared, there were yesterday a few tufted ducks and four good golden- eyes, and on Tafctori widgeon were more plentiful than usual, and there wercal60 many more tuftods' and pochards than we have seen before. Certain waters seem to-attract certain birds; if there are goldeneyes anywhere in Cheshire we shall find -them on Oakroe ce, and there are only one or two wetfra wlieire we can subways be sure of putting up a fspring of teal. THE MILD WINTER. I In spite of the frosts, which -were hard enough while they lasted, the weather on the whole has been so unusually mild that it is not surprising that**plants have mistaken their calculations. a number of reports of unseasonable blossoms have reached us from North Wales and Cheshire. A coltsfoot, out in the middle of Dcocmber figured in tho paper, and since then I have found the -dog's mercury, usually one of our early spring lfowers, alread y shewing its jn- significant green bloewms. A tormentil picked on a hill above Colwyn Bay fully 600 feet above the, arrived by post the other day, and another letter brought some unusually fine "lambs' tails" the male catkins of the hazel-frot-n Llandegi'au. Hazel c-atkins have been visible for some weeks in Cheshire, and though I have not happened upon any tormentiis, I have seen quite an extraordinary number of belated buttercups. The autumn what is quite high, and in recently broken up fields there ie an over-abundant crop of green weeds, which sprang up with all the vigour of spring. On some of the brambles we can find young leaves among the old ones which have never turned brown, and the grass wears a distinctly vernal green in plaoee. However, we need not be alarmed or croak about the hard weather which is still to come; it may come or it may not, but in neither cage shall we see any great calamiiy; it is late spring frosts which do tlie harm, not those which the plants-expect in winter. MORE ABOUT HIBERNATION. A &hort tune ago I spoke about winter sleep— hibern.atiou-ft;pecially in connection with bats. Sinoe my lesser horseshoe bats joined the grc2.t majority which kisser horseshoes very speedilv do in captivity, I have been keeping some other species—a long-eared and a whiskered ba.t. They were apparently sleeping soundly in some old lead workings in Derbyshire when I found t-hem, but since then I have not .seen any signs of hiberna- tion, though the temperature of the room they are in is hardly higher than that of the tunnels from which they came. Nightly, with great regularity, they wake up and ask for food, or rather I should say the whiskered bat does, for I have given up making observations on the other one. I left it out in the room the other evening to take exercise, and when I returned tJlere was no sign of it. A slight scraping noise in tlie chimney gave me a clue to its whereabouts; it may have gone -out. at the tup or it may be still in the chimney. Is it not strange, if hiberation is so profound M naturalists would have us believe, that these bate should wake for some hours everv evening and take food. Of course a change of conditions and environment may have disturbed their ordinary habits, but considering that there is food in all these caves and tunnels, which many bat.s frequent in winter but not in summer, it seems strange that in thwee different species thia habit of waking up for food Should be noticeable Again, I say, we have much to learn. T. A. C.
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